Sausage stuffing and linking machine



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May 20, 1930.

May 20, 1930.

F. H. PARKER SAUSAGE STUFING lAND LINKING MACHINE.

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Y This invention relates to an improved and simplified form of a sausage stuffing and linking machine adapted to be connected with a compressed air sausage meat supply tank, for

, the'purpose of automatically fillingintestines orsausage casings, filled sections of which are adapted togbe individually held against rotation while the unfilled vsection of the saus-age cas-ing is automaticallyrotated at 0fpredetenmined` times tofcausetwisting of a portion of the casing adjacent the end of a filled section, thereby gradually producing a chain of linked sausages lof' substantially equal size. n

It is an object of this invention to provide an Aimproved machiney adapted to automatically lill and link sausage casings.

1ty is also an object of this invention to provideray simplified machine adaptedv to be readily attached to aV sausage meat supply containerand furthermore ladapted to temporarily hold a lilledsection of the casing against rotation while the entire remaining unfilled section ofthe casing is rotated to complete the vforming of asausage.

-It is a further' object of this invention to provide a sausage linking machine adapted to be readily supported 'on` and connected .witlra sausage meat supply tank, whereby 39 sausage meatisr adapted to be fed under pressure into intestines or sausage casings, re-

movably engaged Ona nozzle, adapted to be automatically rotated at predetermined intervals afterfilling operationsv of the casing to cause twisting of certain portions of the casing, thereby forming a link or chainiof sausages adapted to be discharged from Athe machine over a delivery trough` or the like.

Another f object ofv this invention is ,to pro- 40 vide asausage linking machine wherein the filling 4mechanisms `and the casing twisting mechanisms areadapted to be automatically controlled bycamrmeans.; e .y

It-v is furthermore anobject of this inven- 475 tion to provide a sausage linking machine wherein ysausage clamping mechanisms are Y adapjtedtobeautomatically-v closed by spring y means predeterminedtime to engage and resilientlyuhold astufted section of a sausage i c asingduring the time the unstulfedportion of the casing is rotated, to twist the end of the filled section tov produce a. sausage, from which the clamping mechanisms are adapted to be automatically released by cam-controlled means to permit the formed sausage. to be advanced toward discharge positi-on as zftrli1 addditional portion of the casing is being It is an important object of this invention to provide a sausage linking machineof simplifiedv and compact form, adaptedto be readily supported on theexterior of a sausage .meat Vsupply tank and connected to the outlet pipe of said tank so that sausage meat may be automatically fed at predetermined times, into a sausage casing, the filled section of which is adapted to be temporarily held against rotation while the unfilled portion of the casing is rotated a selected'number of 'times to cause the portion of the casing adjacent thefilled section to be twisted t-o complete the forming of a sausage, which is automatically releasedy by the holding mechanism and moved into a discharge trough with f the filling of an additional section of the further important objects of UNITEDASTATES PATENT orme-E FOSTERl. IARKER, QF CHICAGO, ELLIIITOISY This invention (in a preferred form) is y illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter` more fully described.

Gn'the drawings:

l F igurev l is a top plan view with parts broken away of a sausage stuffing and linking machine embodying the principles of this inventionv and shown connected to a fragmentary portion of a sausage -meat supply container. Y

y Figure 2 is a side elevation of the machine with a part of the housing broken away to' show portions of the interior of the machine. 4 Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal fragmentary detail section of the machinetaken on line III-III of Figure l.

Figure v 's a horizontal section taken through the lower portion of the machine on l. the machine taken on une vii-viiof Fig- Yline IV-IV of Figure 3.

Figure is an enlarged vertical` elevational view of the sausage clamping mechanism and the control therefor, .taken on line V-V of AFigure 1.

Figure 6 is an enlarged'V vertical sectional view of the sausage clamping mechanism, taken on line VI-'VI of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a detailed vertical section of 'ure 3 and illustrating the sausage twisting mechanisms.

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary side- `elevation taken on line VIII-VIII Iof Fig- 5 ure 7 and illustrating the ratchet and gearv mechanisms governing the sausagetwisting mechanisms. i

Figure 9 is a sectional viewtaken on line 4IX--IX of Figure 8, v l

Figure 10 is a sectional view through the sausage 'meat control valve mechanism taken on line X-X of Figure 1.

Figure 11 is an enlarged transverse section `of the rotatable sausage casing-supporting nozzle taken on line XI-XI of Figure 3.

Figure 12is a developed view of the cam groove cylinder controlling the operation of the'twisting mechanisms.

As shown on the drawings: Y The reference'numeral 1 indicates a saufsage Vmeat supply tank orV container con- Y lmeat supply pipe 2 is a flanged coupler 4,

` held in place by a retaining nut 5.

The flanged coupler 4 is rigidly bolted or otherwise securedto the flange 6, which is integrally formed on one end of a sausage meat control block or valve housing 7, having an vopening inthe top thereof which is closed by Ameans of a closure plate 8,'which is bolted in place. The sides of the'valve housing are closed by side plates 95 Integrally formed on one end of the valve housing 7 is a pipe extension 10, having a restricted sausage meat supply passage 11 therein which continues axially through the ventire valve housing 7 and'terminates. in an enlarged funnel-shaped Aentrance passage 12, the outer end of which registe'i'swith the opening in the'coupler castfeo infr Il mounted on the outer end of the pipe 2 A'leading to the supply tank 1. Y Y The kvalve housing 7 is drilled transversely i atright angles to aifordcylindrical valve seats 13 and`14. Rotatably'mounted in the valve seat 13 isa cylindrical valve 15, having thereof and extended outwardly through one of the valve housingy side plates 9.Y A handle 17 is engaged on the projected end of thefstub shaft 16 to permit said valve to bemanually adjusted to open or close'the sausage meat^ a stub shaft 16 integrally vformed on oneendy s supply passage 1,1 when neCessary, -The.VV

manual control valve 15 is lprovided with ka transverse passageY 18 adapted, when theL valve 15 isinopeniposition, to register'with the passage 11 in the valve Vhousing 7, asillustrated in Figure 3. Rotatably mountedV within the valve seat 14 is 4a'isausage meat ,shut-off or control valve 19, havinga transyverse passage 20 adapted, when the valve is inopen position, to register with Y the valve` Vhousing passage 11 to permit a supply of sau-k sage meat to be forced through the Vvalve housing passage'll and through the open, f

manually controlled valve'15. r Y

Integrally formed on one end of the automatic control valve -19 is a valve stem21, on the outer end of which a crank arm 22 is rigidly secured. Pivotally attached to the outer end of thecrank arm 22 by meansk ofa pivot bolt 23 and a forked connector 24 is the upper end of an eccentric connecting rod 25. The lower end of the eccentric connecting rod 25 is secured to an eccentric ring 26, which is Vengaged around an eccentric disc or camY plate 27 eccentrically engaged on a driving shaft 28 to receive aUdri-ve therefrom; -The driving shaft 28 vis journalled in 'suitable' bearings provided in theside walls of. a vcas- Y ing or box 29, which is rigidly supported upon the bracket 3 or upon any other suitable means provided adjacent they sausage meat supply tank 1. One end of thel driving shaft 28 projects out of the'casing 29 and is adapted to be connected to receive a drive from aAV motor or any other suitable source of power to cause operation of the sausage stufling and linking machine.

Rigidly secured on fthe Vdriving shaft 28 to the inside ofthe eccentric disc 27 'isa sausage clamp control cam-30. Coactingwith' the cam 30 is aV bell-crank arm 31, the upper end of which is integrally formed on a bell` Vcrank sleeve 32, pivotally supportedon a pin or bolt 33, secured at right angles to an iiiclined bracket or arm 34:, rigidly bolted to the front side of tlie casing 29. Integrally formed on the opposite end of the bell-'crank sleeve- 32'is an upper lbell-'crank arm'35, lprovided j at its upper end with a taperedV headV 36.

'Connected to the bell-crank arm 31 isl the f Alower end of a coil spring 3 7, the upper end of which is secured to a proj ect-ion 38 fastened on the inner face ofthe front wall of the'casing 29. 'Y .l

The tapered head 360m the upper end of the bell-crank arm 35 is" positionedto coactwit'h a pair of short arms 39 which are integrally formed with a pair of long curved tongs`40.

The tong members 39-40 arel pivotallyl et 34. Secured on the end-of each of the tong a arms 40 is anoutwardly projecting sleeve 42 hav-ing slidably mounted therein a stem or pin 43, on the lower end of which a sausage clamping plate or shield 44 is secured. Each of the sausage clamping shields 44 has a concave shape and the margins thereofslightly curled or bentyoutwardly, so that no sharp edges will come in `contact with the stuiled sausage casing. Engaged around each of the slidable clamp stems 43 between theend of the tong arm 40 and the back of the clamping shield 44 is a coiled spring 45, provided for the purpose of permitting the clamping shield, when moved-into a clamping position,

rto resilient-ly engage or contact a stuffed sausage to hold the same during a twist-ing operation of the end of the sausage casing as hereinafter lmore fully described.

The twooppositely positioned sausage holding shields 44 arepositioned above a concave sausage holding trough 46, the margins of which yare curled outwardly yso that no sharp edges will come in contact with Vthe stufed sausagecasingwhen supported in said holder. l The sausage holder 46 is supported on an upright rod or pedestal 47, mounted upon the upper end of the bracket 34. Connecting the two pivoted tong arms 40 is a controlsprng 48, which acts to normally hold the upper sausage clamping shields or holders 44 in resilient clamping or holding position upon' the upper portion of astuied sausage 49 when the same is supported in the sausage j holder 46.

Connected to or formed on the outer end of the lower sausage holder or trough 46 is a sausage discharge chute'50, through-which a chain of linked sausages 49 is adapted 'to travel when being discharged from the machine.

Integrally formed on the valve housing extension 10 1s a casting or box L51, having an open chamber 52 thereinandl ai slotf53 in the bottom thereof. `An axial passageis provided in the box 51 andL connects lup'with the restricted passagell ofthe valve housing extension 10. One end ofthe box 51 is provvided with a reduced yneckl54k which projects -necl54 is a flanged bushing 55y having ro- .tata-bly journalled therein asa-usage meat ysupplyy tube or sleeve 56rk which projects through thel bushing55 and through the chamber 52 withinthe box 51, as clearly illustratedin Figure 3. Projecting intofthe inner end of the sleeve 56 isa tube 57 the inner end ofr which projects into 'the reduced end ofthe sausage meat supplypassage 11 of the valve housing.` extension 10'.'

Engaged on thelouter projecting end yofthe rotatable sausage ineatsupply sleeve 5.6 and abutting against a stop flange 58`foi'med on said sleeve is the enlarged end 59-of a sausage casing-receiving` pipe or ynozzle 60the eXte-.

rior surface of the outer end of which is provided witha plurality of longitudinally disposed iiat surfaces 61,as illustrated ,in the detailed section of the nozzle shown in F ure 11. The fiat surfaces 61 on the nozzle 60 are provided for the purpose of holding a sausage casing against rotation with respect to the nozzle 6() during a twisting operation of the sausage casing. 1

Keyed or' otherwise secured on the inner,l end of the sleeve 56 within the box chamber Y 52 is a ratchet 62 with which a spring-controlled'pawl 63 co-acts. The pawl 63 is pivotally mounted upon apin 64 supportedupon the top of the box 51 andV having a control spring 65 engaged thereon, and connectedv to thepawl 63 andto 'the box 51. Freely mounted on the sleeve 56 within the box chamber 52.and adjacent the ratchet 62is a gear 66 with whichthe beveled end of acontrol latchsor tion of the ratchet 62 and the nozzleGO in Y one direction with a rotation of the gear 66.y The beveled latch 67 is supported on a spring 68 secured on a screw or pin 69 engaged-v in one side of the ratchet 62.l The ratchet isl grooved as shown in Figure 8--to receive the spring 68 and the latch 67 therein, with the beveled end of the latch projecting into a co-acting relation withv the spaces between the teeth of the gear 66. f

Co-acting with the gearf66isa gear segment 70, which is pivotally niountedon a stub'shaft 71, supportedy in the front w-all of thecasing 29. Integrally formed at the junction of the spokesof the gear segment 70 is a Y extension or arm 72, provided with a longitudinal :slot 73 near the outer 'end thereof, as clearly illustrated in Figure 7. e

Rigidly secured upon the lower portion of the inner face of the front wall of the casing 29 is a T-slotted guide box 74, in the T-slot i i of which a guide block 75 is slidably engaged. Secured to the guide bleek 75 and proj ectin-g outwardly from the guide box 7 4 isv aipin 76 which projects through the slot 73 inthe gear segment arm 72. Engaged on the pin 76and projectingthroughthe slot 73 and the gear segment arm 72 is a, rotatable sleeve 77, tov the outside ofwhich a roller 78 isipositioned."

rihe'roller 7 8 `is engaged` onthefouter endof the guide block .pin 76 and operates in a cam `2( ;r0,ove 79, provided in the peripheralsurface v of a'cylindricalcam' 80, which is secured on the driving shaft28 within. the casing `v29.- rl he cam cylinder 80 isso formed that-Qro'- tation thereof by the shaft 28 will cause; thev guide block 75 to reciprocate'in the guidebox 74 thereby causing the roller sleeve 77 tofactu'atethe gear vsegment arm 72 to= reciprocate .Y

rthe gear segment'70 to-alternately cause rotation ofthe gear 66 in opposite directions, vso, that during one direction of rotation of the gear 66 the latching dog 67 rwill remain in latching engagement with said gear to cause rotation of the ratchet 62 and the sausage casing-receiving nozzle 60, so that a twisting operation ofthe sausage casing will be performed at a predetermined time inthe Aoperation of the forming of a sausage. The operationV is as follows:

The supply tank or container 1 'is adapted to be fille-d with sausage meat and, when compressed air is admitted into the tank, sausage fmeatis forced outwardly through the Y outlet pipe2 into'the enlargedgtapered end of the sausage meat receiving pipe 11, provided within the valve h'ou'sing7.

Normally, the manually operated sausage meat control valve is moved into its open position, asillustrated in Figure 3, by means of the valve handle 17 The valve 15 is then left in its open position during the operation kof themachine and may be manually lclosed in case of emergency when it is desiredto stop the feeding of sausage meat through-the valve housing 7. v

At the beginning of a sausage linking operation an intestine or sausageV casing S1 is slipped over the-nozzle 60, as indicated in Figures 1 and 2,'and the outer end of the empty sausage casing may be twisted by hand or tied with a string, to permit starting Vof the sausage linking operation.`

The machine is now set in operation from any suitable source of driving power which is connected withthe driving shaft 28, thereby causing rotation of the shaft A28 and the mechi anisms mounted thereon. Vith the rotation of the shaft 28tthe sausage meat control, or feed cam, or eccentric disc 27 is rotated within the eccentric ring 26, thereby causing the connecting rod to be reciprocated to alternately open and close the automatic sausage Vmeatfcontrol valve 19, whichis mounted within the'valve housing 7, as clearly illustrated l i' in Figure VVhen the valve 19 is in the open position shownv in Figure 3, a supply of sausage meat from the tank 1 1s forced under pressure through the valvehousing passage 11, passing through the open valves 19 and 15 Ysage meat;

and is then forced through the tube 57 and through thesausage meat'supply nozzle 60 i on which* the sausage casing 8l is engaged. The sausage meat is thus forcedfout of the end of the `'nozzle 60 into the tied or twisted end of the sausage casing 81", thereby stutling theendy .of the casing withy a supply Yof-sau- As the sausage casing is thus filled with a'supply of sausage meat, the cas- -ing is -thereby gradually forced off ofthe end of thenozzle 60 to partially form a sausage,

` which is adapted tobe conducted onto the Vsausage holding trough 46.

'At this stage in the operation the clamp zco'ntrolcam 3() on the shaft 28 co-acts with the lower bell-crank arm 31 to swing the same downwardly, thereby'causing the upper bellcrank arm 35 to swing upwardly to move the tapered head 36 thereof upwardly between the short tong arms 39, thereby swinging said arms outwardly away from one another to cause the long tong arms'40 to move outwardly away from one another againstth'e action of the control spring 48. The two upper sausage clamps or holders v44 Vare thus moved into an open position to permit the partially formed sausage to be moved into position upon the lower sausage holderor trough 46. llVhen the set-olf portion of the cam passes the spring 37 acts to pull the bell-crank arm upwardly against the reduced portion of the cam 30, thereby causing the upper bell-crank arm 35 to swing downwardly, withdrawing sage, so that injury to the partiallyformed sausage is obviated. The auxiliary or upper sausage holdersengage the upper portion of Y the partially formed sausage and hold said sausage in a tion. Y Y o A At this stage in the operation the twisting clamped Vposition againstirotarmechanism control cam 8()l is so positioned that the rotation 'ofl'said cam 80 will cause the guideblock 75 to slide in the guide box 74 to cause the cylindrical roller 77 to swing over the end of the lower bell-crank arm 31,

the gear'se'gment'arm 721in a direction to cause the gear segment 0 to drive or rotate the gear 66 a plurality of times, with Vthe latching dog 67 in the position shown in Figure 8, so that the-ratchet' 62 is'permitted to be rotated with'the gear 66, with the pawl 63 slipping overfsaidratchet. Rotation ofthey ratchet 62 causes rotation of the nozzle60V and the sausagecasingengaged thereon, so that the portion of the ,casing at the endofv` the partially formed sausage is twisted a plurality of times to complete the forming ofthe sausage 49, which is held against rov Y tation by the lholders 44 and 46. Y

When the twisting operation of the sausage forming commences, the said controleccentric 27 is timed tofcause thecontrol valve 19 i to be closed so that the supply or feed of: sausage meat is discontinued for apredetermined period of time, during which they twisting of the sausagecasing takes place.-

At the completion of thetwistingoperation, the roller 7 8 engaged in the camgroove 79, is at substantially themiddleportion of segment 70, which, being in mesh with the gear66, causes the same to rotatein an opposite direction, against the beveled surface of the latch member 67 to slide the same out-- wardly into the ratchet 62 against the action oit'v the control spring 68. With this operation it will be noted that the reverse rotation The control' cam 30 now acts ltofswing they sausage holders ltl/into release or open poisk the discharge chute() while the next sausage being formed is positionedupon the lower holder or trough 46. n f v.

At this point the cam 30 acts to retract the tapered. head 36 from engagement with the tong arms 39, thereby causingy the spring 48 to close the upper holders itfto move the same into engagement with the partially formed sausage to-hold said sausage against' rotation as the next operation ot the gear segment takes place to causerotation of the gear 68 and the ratchet 62, together withY the nozzle and the sausage casing engagedy thereon.y Another twisting operation of the sausage casing now takes place to complete the forming of asecond sausage of substantially the same size and weight as the one previously formed.y p

With the continued operation of the machine, it will. thusv be noted that a string or chain ofylinked sausages is gradually discharged from the machine through the, discharge 'chute 50, whichA acts to hold the. sausages against untwisting.

Whenthe endfof the sausage casing 81' has been reached, the operatorvmay 'either stop the operation of the machine,`or the sausage meat feed control valve may be closed by operating the handle 17 to shut olii' the supply of sausage meat from the tank l' until' a new sausage casing is slipped, into-position upon the nozzle 60. f

After a stringy of sausageshas been formed and discharged over the chute 50, the chain of sausages maybe looped: over sticks or tiedl in bunches, as desired, ready for storageor delivery.

Il am. aware thatv many changes may be made, and numerousl details` of@ construction may be varied through; awide range withouty departing from the principles of thisfinvenf. tion, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than. necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:Y

l. rThe combination with a sausage meat-v container and the out-let'pipe thereof',- of, a sausage stufling and linking machine removably connected with said outlet pipe and comprising a rotatable nozzle,` a plurality of control valves positioned between; said nozzle and the container outlet pipe, to con` trol the flow of sausage meat from the con-V t-ainer through,` the nozzle andV intoa sausage casing engaged on the nozzle, a stationary sausage holder, a driving shaft, an eccentric mechanism operated thereby and connected with one or"- said val-,ves to alternately open and close the same topermit a predeterinined:

quantity of sausage meat to be delivered-frein said container through said nozzle into the sausage casing, adjustable sausage holding mechanismspositioned to coact with said!k stationary sausage holder to receivethe partially stuffed portion of the sausagev casing,

bell-crank means for actuatingthe same,camcontrolled mechanisms operated by the driv-` ing shaft permittingv the bell-crank meansl and the holding mechanisms to close to; hold the partially formedsausageonsaid station-r ary holder against rotation, gear mechanisms..

connected with said nozzle, anda cam roller onsaid driving shaft adapted toactuate said. gear mechanism to causethe same to'rotate said nozzle and the sausage casing. engaged thereon to twist the sausage casing adjacent the end of the partially formed sausage to complete the forming of the same. v

2. The combination with a sausage meat supply pipe, of a sausage stuffing and twistingmachine removably connected therewith' and comprisinga rotatablesausage meatout-k let nozzle adapted to have a sausagel casing engaged thereon, a sausage meat control valve positioned between the nozzle and said sau. sage meat supply pipe, a driving shaft, anK eccentric disc mounted thereon, an eccentric ring engaged; on said eccentric disc, a connectingA rod connecting sa-ideccentric ring; with said control valve to alternately open and close said valve, to permit a predetermined quantity of sausage meat to be delivered through said nozzle into the sausage llll casing, a lower holder positioned' atV theendl.

of the nozzle to receive the stuffed portion,

ofthe. sausage. casing, upper sausagel holders,

positionedabove said lower sausage holder, bell-crank means for operating the. same, a cam on said driving shaft positioned yto cofact 1 with saidvbellfcrank meanst tol release the upper holders, resilient means for moving, the upper holders into holding engagement; withthe-.sausage-seated ori saidlowerholder to hold said sausage against rotation, gear mechanisms for intermittently rotating the nozzle to cause twisting of the sausage casing to complete the forming of a sausage held between said holders, and a cam member secured on said driving shaft and co-act-ing with said gear mechanisms to operate the same.V

3; The combination with av sausage meat supply pipe, Vof a sausage stufling and twist- -ing machine removably connected therewith and comprising a rotatable 'sausage meat outletY nozzle adapted to have a. sausage casing Y engaged thereon, a sausage meat control valve positioned between said nozzle and the sausage meat supply pipe, a stationary Vsausage holder a drivinfr shaft a crank arm connected with said control valve, an eccentric mechanism operated by said shaft and connected with said crank arm, to alternately cause opening and closing of the control valve, hell-crank actuatcd means controlled by the driving shaft for releasably holding a partially formed sausage on said stationary sausage holder, and a twisting mechanism oper-V ated by tlie driving shaftffor rotating said nozzle and the sausage .casing thereon to twist a portion of said casing to complete the forming o f the sausage heldrby said stationary holder and said bell-crank actuated means.

4. The combination with a sausage meat Ysupply member, -of a sausage stuffing and twisting machine removably connected therel with and comprising a valve housing connected to the end of said sausage meatsupply member, a manually controlled sausage meat control valve in said housing, ana-utomatically controlled lsausage meat supply valve in said valve housing, a sausage meat-- outlet nozzle rotatably supported insaid valve "'liousing, gear means for rotating said nozzle,

saidV nozzle adapted to have a sausage casing engaged thereover, to receive the sausage meat from said nozzle when the valves in -said valves housing are in open position, "a driving shaft, eccentric means mounted thereon and connected with said automatic meat supply valve to automatically control the sameto permita predetermined quantity of sausage meat to be deliveredthrough saidnozzle into the sausage casing, a holder for' Vreceiving the partially filled `portion `of the sausage casing-clamping means positioned above said holder, resilient means for closing said clamping means to hold the sausage lagainst rotation on said holder, a gear mechanism for rotating said nozzle and the sausage casing carried thereon to twist a portion of the Vcasing adjacent theV end'of said holder to complete-the yforming of a sausage, a

grooved cam memberhon said driving shaft controlling the operation of said gear mechanisms, a bell-crank mechanism co-acting with said clamping members, and a cam onV said driving shaft co-acting with said bellsaid clamping members to be automatically openedto release the formed sausage, to permit the sausage to be moved'off of said holder as an adjacent portion of the sausage casing ,'70 V is being filled and pushed onto said holder. V-

5. A sausage stufling'and twisting machine 'crank mechanism to actuate the same to cause comprising a valve housing having a sausage meat supply passage therein, amanually con- Y trolled valve in said housing projecting` through said passage and normally in open position, a main control valve also mounted in said housing and projecting through said sausage meat supply passage, a rotatable nozzle supported in one end of said valve houstation thereof to twist a: portion of the saun sage casing after a filling operation, a driving shaft, andV aY plurality of cam mechanisins mounted thereon and respectively connected to the main control valve, themeans for opening said pivoted members and said gear mechanisms to operate the same in a predetermined order.

6. A sausage stuffing and twisting machine comprising a valve housing having a sausage Ymeat control passage therein, a valve insaid housing forcontrolling the` flow ofsausage j meat. therethrough, a driving shaft, eccentric means operated bythe driving shaftfor controlling the operation ofl said valve, a nozzle rotatably projecting from said vhousing and adapted to receive `a supply of sausage` meat therefrom, said nozzle adapted to havel a sausage casing engaged thereon, a sausage holder positioned at the end of said nozzle, pivoted Vauxiliary holdersv co-acting therewith, pivoted members supporting the auxiliary holders, a device for opening said aux-V iliary holders at a predetermined time to receive a stuffed portion of the sausage casing when the valve is open and a supplyof sausage meat is stuffed Vinto said casing, a cam on said shaft adapted to actuate said pivoted members at a predetermined time to open the same to receive the stuffed portion of the sausage casing, resilientA lmeans for closing the pivoted members to cause the auxiliary holders to hold the stuffed portion vof the casing against rotation, gear and ratchet mechanisms mounted on said nozzle, a gear segment co-acting with the gear and vratchet mechanisms, `a reciprocating member co-acting with said segment, a cam roller mounted on said' shaft adapted to actuatev said recip- "7. A sausage stuliino'and twistinov machine" D D t? comprising a valve housingpadapted to be connected with a supply source of sausage meat, a control valve in said housing, a noz-` -zle rotatably mountedv insaid housing, a stationary sausage holder lpositioned adja cent the end yof said nozzle, 'a sausage discharge chute 4connected ,withv saidsausagel holder tol receive linked sausages therefrom,

`pivotally supported auxiliary holders, a drivn ing shaft, a cam mechanism on'l said drivingshaft to cause opening'and closing of the auxiliary holders at .predetermined times, a cam drum governed by the rotation -of said shaft yfor causing the Arotation of said nozzle and twisting of a portion of a' sausage casing on said ynozzle at a pr'edeterniined'tima and an eccentric means connecting said- Vvalve with the driving shaft to cause opening and closing of the valveat predetermined times to govern the discharge ofv'sausage meat through said nozzle into the 'sausage casing.

8.' A sausage stuliing and twisting machine comprising a valve housing,a sausage meat control valve mounted thereima nozzle ro- 'tatably supported in said housing adapted to receive sausage meat 'therefrom said noz zle adapted to havel a sausage casing engaged thereon to rreceivey asupply of sausage meat when saidL valve is open, a sausage holder for receiving a stuffed'portion of the sausage casing, a driving shaft, eccentric means mounted thereon governing the operation of said valve, means for opening' vthe sausageholder to receive a stuffed portion of the sausage casing thereon, a mechanism for rotating said nozzle, a cam device on said driving shaftfor operating said mechanism at a predetermined timeto rotate the nozzle and the sausage casing thereon to cause twisting of a portion of the sausage casing adjacent the stuffed portion thereof, and a cam mechanism operated by said shaft to cause automatic closing of thev sausage holder to hold the stuffed portion of the sausage casing against rotation during the sausage casing twisting operation.

.9. A sausage stuli'ing and twisting machine comprising a rotatable nozzle adapted to have a sausage casing removably engaged thereon, means for automatically controlling the flow of sausage meat through said nozzle into said casing to form sausages, control mechanisms for automatically stopping vthe flow yof sausage meat through the nozzle and furthermore causing `rotationof the nozzle to 'cause twist-V ing of the sausage casing at predetermined times, a sausage holding mechanism for receiving and holding stuffed 'portions of` sausage casing at predetermined timeswlien twisting operations are in edect, andv means for automatically causing opening and closing of the sausage determined times.

Y 10. lA sausagel stuffing and twisting ma'- chine ycomprising 'a rotatable nozzle, a driving mechanism for rota-ting the saine,

sausage meat feed valve for supplying sausage' l l meat to the nozzle, a driving sliaftand meansy for operating the same, eccentric means operated by said slia'ftand connected withsaid valve toy govern the operation thereof, a'cam drum'on 'said shaft'for 'governing the pera'- tion lof said nozzlel driving mechanism, :a sausage holder for receiving studed portions of thesau'sage casing and holding the 'saine vagainst rotation when said nozzle is rotated,

a device 'for 'automatically opening the sausage holder at predetermined times, and a cam member on said shaft for governing the operation 'of said device.

ll. A sausage stuiing andA twisting machine comprising a 'sausage meatsupply mechanism, a. nozzle rotatably .supported therein Vadapted to carry a sausage casing' j thereon, a driving shaft, means foiroperating the saine, eccentric mechanismsope'r-I ated by' said shaft and connected with. said sausage meat supply mechanism to control the supplyv of sausage meat through said nozholding mechanism at :pre-

zle and intothe sausage casing1 operating mechanisms connected with said n'ozzle, a

slida'ble block, a pin thereon co-ac'ting with f:

said operating mechanism, anda cani drum operable by said shaft and engaged .with said pin' to act-nate saidoperatingmeclianisinsl twistthe sausage casing after a stuiing opera-` i tion thereof.

A sausage st uiiing and twisting mae' chine, comprising.mechanisms for stufiiiig and twisting a sausage casing, a device foi* operating said mechanisms, an 'adjustable sausage holder for receiving and holding stuffed portions of the sausage casing against rotation during a twisting oi'i'e'i'atioinwand means controlled by the operation of said,y de-k vice to cause opening and closing of the sausage holder at predetermined times.

13. A sausage stuthng and twistii'ig 'inachine comprising a rotatable nozzle adapted for operating said reciprocating mechanism, H 1 ist gear mechanisms connected with said nozzle i Vwith said valve, a connectingrodpivotally L connected to said crank arm, an eccentric ring supported by said Qconnecting rod, a driv-V ing shaft journalledin said'casing, an eccentric disc secured on said shaft and positioned tating operations ot said nozzle. Y

and operable by said reciprocating mechanism to cause rotation-of the nozzle and twisting of the sausage casing thereon, and stationary and movable sausage holding means controlled bv the operation ot' said driving shaft for hlding stuffed portions of Vthe sausage` casing against rotation during ro- V14; Ak sausage stuiiing andv twisting machine comprising a casing, a valve housing supported thereinV and provided with aY sausage meat supply passage, a valve mounted in said housing, afcrank arm connected within saideccent'i'ic ring', a nozzle supported in said valve housing .and projecting from said casing,.saidnozzle adapted to have a sausage casing engaged thereon,a ratchet secured ,on said nozzle, a spring control latch gaged in said cam groove, a bracket securedk v to the exterior o'f said casing, a sausage holder supported on said bracket adjacent the disy around said sausage holder, spring-controlledV charge end of said nozzleto receive a stuffed portion ofthe'sausage casing thereon, tong members pivotallysupported on said bracket clamping members mounted on said tong members, resilient means connecting said tong members and normally holding said clampingmembe'rs in closed position to engage the stuffed portion ofthe sausage casing and holdthe same Vagainst rotation upon said sausage holder, a bell-crank mechanism pivotally mounted on said bracket, a tapered head on said bell-crank mechanism positioned to co-act with said tong membersto open the same and move the clamping members out of engagement with said stuffed portion of the sausage casing, and a cam on said driving shaft, co-acting with the bell-crank mechanism to operate the same.

'15. In a sausage stulling and twisting machine of the class described, the combination with a stationary sausage holder, of a pair of pivoted members, spring controlled adjustable holders carried by said members to resiliently engage Vandholda sausage on said stationary holder, a spring connecting said pivoted members to normallyV hold the ad- Y justable holders in clamping position, and wedge means coacting with said pivoted meinbers to open the same'against the action oiV said spring -to move the adjustable holders into released position. y

16. In a'sausage stuing andtwisting machine of the classdescribed, the combination with a stationary sausage holder, of a pair ot Vpivoted tong `members positioned to surround j said stationary holder, a spring connecting said tong members, a 'spring controlled adjustable sausage holder mounted on each'iofY y said tong members and normally positioned" V toresiliently engage arsausage to hold Athe sameV on saidv stationary holder, apivoted arm, a wedge member on one end thereotcoacting wit-li said'tong members tocause Vthe adjustable sausage holders to move into a re-V` leased positionout ot engagement with a sausage on said stationary holder, a cam coacting with saidpivotedarm, and means for actuating said cam. Y 1 17. A sausage stuttingand twisting machine comprising a rotatable-nozzle, means connect-- ed therewith to cause rotation thereof, a driving shaft, a cam member mounted thereon for governing the operation of saidfmeans, a valve for controlling the flow of sausage'y meat g through said nozzle and into a sausage casing engaged on said nozzle, eccentric means on' said shaft connected with said valve to operate the *sameV at predeterminedY times, top; Y permita predetermined amount of sausage meat to be delivered into said sausage casing and move the filled portion of said. casing plurality of segment shaped members for away from said nozzle, a stationary holder, a

engaging thestutfed portion of ythe sausage l casing to hold the sameon said stationary holder, a wedging device .for opening said holding members, a cam on said shaftV 'for governing the operation ot said wedging vdevice, resilient means for closing saidholding members after a stuffed portion of the sausage ycasing has been ldelivered toI the stationary f holder to hold the stuffed port-ion of the sausage casing against rotation while the nozzle is rotated to twist the sausage casing to finish the forming of a sausage.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at' Chicago, Cook County, Y

Illinois. i

' FOSTER H. PARKER. 

